Man gets 30 years in slaying of Texas high school student

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A 21-year-old has been sentenced to 30 years in prison in the fatal shooting last year of a North Texas high school football player.

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram (http://bit.ly/21ihari ) reports Devin Holland pleaded guilty Friday to one charge of engaging in organized crime/murder and two charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

An arrest warrant affidavit says Holland shot 18-year-old Carl Wilson as Wilson, a senior at Arlington's Martin High School, was about to fight one of Holland's fellow gang members at a carwash. Wilson and a gang member who was also a Martin student had an altercation at school earlier.

Prosecutor Tiffany Burks says reasons for offering a plea bargain included that it's not uncommon in gang-related cases to have witnesses who don't want to come forward.